Press and daily Dakotaian. (Yankton, Dakota Territory [S.D.]) 1880-1889, 1887-11-25
THE FOUNTAIN CITY.


Observations OF an Iowan VINE Tarried
Within Our Gates.
j. W. Rich. OF Vinton, Iowa, who was
in Yankton q week or 30 ago, writes as
follows TO the Vinton Eagle:
From Sioux City to Yankton, q dis
tanoe OF sixty miles or more, almost the
entire Missouri bottom is one vast hay
field, which stretches several miles back
over the bluffs IN the nplsnds. There
are literally thousands of hay stackes
ranging in size from a single ton TO four
or Eve tons each, dotting this vast ex-
tens Of country, and baling machines
areteverywhere al work preparing the
hay for shipment. At nearly every
little station along the lines of railway,
there are piles OF bRled hay waiting for
cars which cannot be furnished as fast
as needed. A good quality OF upland
hay is worth about $4 d ton haled and
delivered on car. Ii costs, from $1.b0 to
so to bsle. The margin to the farmer
ia not large, but il is enough to make il
an object. Il gives employment to all
of the labor which is seeking employ
ment, and thus distributes o large
amount OF money in the community.
The railroads are threading this portion
OF Bakotnsin every direction. At first
the Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul en-
cirGled . large territory, running from
Sioux City up the Missouri tt Yankton,
also from Sioux City, Tor rather from
Elk Point, up the sioux river to Can
ton, where it's McGregor and Chamber
LAIN line anters the territory. From
Yankton il extended on mp the
Missouri, and by q detour struck the
chamberlain line west of Parker making
an irregular circle, with . diameter OF SO
to rs miles. Then the Chicago & North
western, starting from Tama City, Iowa
cuts an arc from the northeastern por.
ton Of this (square-cornered) circle, and
and sent O spur ACROSS southwesterly te
Yankton. Next spring, the Illinois
Central is expected to ont it directly
east and west by an airline from LIE
Mars, Iowa to Yankton. Ii is also ex-
pected that. next summer, the Mantle
ba, which is now graded into Siouz
Falls, will cut in from northeast tt
southwest, with Yankton as its objective
point-and Yankton is "big with a hope
that the Missouri will be bridged of hel
front door. III these new projects are al
attained, the Fountain City will be a
happy as she Is pretty. Yankton is wei
named nrhe Fountain CITY," because o
her fine artesian wells, One we'll Of fiv'
or six bore, furnishes the water works o
the city with an inexhaustable suppply
furnishing lite own power to lift itsef ii
to two immense tanks located on q bill
overlooking the city. Another six incl
we'll wss recently finished by o bricl
yard company. The well is locate,
only a few feet from the edge 0
the bluff breaking down the rive
bottom. The company has located
water-wheel several feet down the fac
of the bluff, to which the water Is con
Quoted through an iron pipe. The powe
thus furnished rnns sill of the machiner
Of the brick yeYd and can be made to d
much more. This we'll ID expected 500
10 furnish electric lighting for the city
The water pours out OF the we'll wit
tremendous force. and when not in us
wastes its power in rushing madly dow
q plank fume to the bottom land below
There is no telling what power may ye
be developed from this snbserranea,
water-how. At ell events, the preaen
prospect OF Yagkton's future seem
bright. SO mote it BIO.